Evolutionary Aesthetics
Author:   Eckart Voland ,  Karl Grammer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
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9783642078224


Pages:   380
Publication Date:   10 April 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Evolutionary Aesthetics is the attempt to understand the aesthetic judgement of human beings and their spontaneous distinction between ""beauty"" and ""ugliness"" as a biologically adapted ability to make important decisions in life. The hypothesis is - both in the area of ""natural beauty"" and in sexuality, with regard to landscape preferences, but also in the area of ""artificial beauty"" (i.e. in art and design) - that beauty opens up fitness opportunities, while ugliness holds fitness risks. In this book, this adaptive view of aesthetics is developed theoretically, presented on the basis of numerous examples, and its consequences for evolutionary anthropology are illuminated.

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Author:   Eckart Voland ,  Karl Grammer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.593kg
ISBN:  

9783642078224


ISBN 10:   3642078222
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   10 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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